Exam 13: Personality Theory and Assessment

Ellen has been described as creative, imaginative, curious, artistic, and nonconforming. She is likely to obtain an elevated score on a questionnaire designed to measure __________

Jung's personal unconscious and Freud's unconscious are very similar.

Which of Freud's levels of consciousness consists of thoughts and feelings that can be easily brought into immediate awareness?

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using rating scales to record data?

According to Freud, a boy's sexual attachment to his mother and jealousy of his father is called __________

The id operates according to the reality principle.

On the surface, Robby and Davie seem to get along wonderfully as brothers. However, unconsciously Davie harbors extreme, but hidden, jealousy towards his younger brother. Freud would probably call this __________

Students exhibiting an internal locus of control tend to be more academically successful.

The id is the source of the __________, which provides the psychic energy that fuels the entire personality.

Frank and Gina are looking at an abstract painting in a museum. Gina describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting. Frank says, "It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Gina responds, "No, there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch they agree that their experience reminds them of what concept they learned in introductory psychology?

Carl Rogers emphasized accepting people for what they are, not for what you would like them to be. This acceptance is termed __________

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways. He asks his daughter, who is a graduate student in psychology, why that is. What is his daughter likely to say?

Anna is applying for a position as an executive for a local soda-distributing company. If she is lucky, her prospective employer will use the __________, which is considered accurate in predicting success in leadership positions.

The inherited tendencies to respond to particular situations in ways universal to all humans is dependent on the existence of __________, according to Jung.

For Freud, the seething cauldron of unconscious urges and desires continuously seeking expression is the __________

The validity scales of the MMPI-2 are included to detect when people are answering dishonestly.

In the metaphor the angel, the devil, and me, the angel is the __________

Which assessment technique requires people to respond to unstructured or ambiguous stimuli?

Which of the following was not a facet of Bandura's theory of reciprocal determinism?

A __________ is a test with questions about an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, which measure several dimensions of personality.